Tag: Fantasy
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Book Review: Nomad
by R.J. Anderson publisher’s synopsis Cast into exile, she must return to free her people. Banished from her underground home by Betony, the queen of the Cornish piskeys, young Ivy sets out to forge a new life for herself in the world above. But a deadly threat lingers in the mine, and Ivy cannot bear…
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Book Review: Children of the Fox
by Kevin Sands publisher’s synopsis Five kids with unusual talents are brought together to commit an impossible crime. A magic-infused fantasy that brings together a ragtag group of kids to pull off a crime so difficult, countless adults have already tried and failed. Lured by the promise of more money than they’ve ever dreamed of,…
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Book Review: Wolf Soldier
by James R. Hannibal publisher’s synopsis The fate of the Dragon Lands are at play The knights of the Lightraider Order disappeared nearly two generations past. Now, the Keledan have withdrawn behind their barriers, and the Dragon Lands of bordering Tanelethar are overrun with dark oppression. The people are living in disobedience to the Rescuer…
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Book Review: Orphan’s Song
by Gillian Bronte Adams publisher’s synopsis Her solo is a death sentence. Deep within the world of Leira flows a melody that was sung at the beginning of time by Emhran, the Master Singer. Now it is broken, buried, forgotten. But in each generation, a Songkeeper arises to uphold the memory of the Song against…
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Book Review: The Winter Charlatan
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis A Queen raised in the shadows, and a Fraud Prince who needs her help. The sole heir to the kingdom is destined to sleep for a hundred years. To hide this liability, the queen left her cursed daughter in the care of a trusted lord, while taking his son as…
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Book Review: Into the Heartless Wood
by Joanna Ruth Meyer publisher’s synopsis The forest is a dangerous place, where siren song lures men and women to their deaths. For centuries, a witch has harvested souls to feed the heartless tree, using its power to grow her domain. When Owen Merrick is lured into the witch’s wood, one of her tree-siren daughters,…
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Book Review: Of Fire and Ash
by Gillian Bronte Adams publisher’s synopsis She rides a fireborn, a steed of fire and ash, trained for destruction. Ceridwen tal Desmond dreams of ruling like her father over the nation of Soldonia, where warriors ride to battle on magical steeds—soaring on storm winds, vanishing in shadow, quaking the earth, and summoning the sea. After…
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Book Review: Silverblood
by Jamie Foley publisher’s synopsis The Jade Witch sacrifices everything to save her people from one enemy—by forging an alliance with another. A desperate chieftess. Brooke’s treetop city is a charred husk of its former glory. Her people demand revenge against the Emberhawk tribe, blind to the larger threat: the ravenous Malaano Empire. Determined to…
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Book Review: Emberhawk
by Jamie Foley publisher’s synopsis The elementals have decided they’re gods, and humans are nothing but fuel for their fire. A starving trapper. Merciless drought withers Kira’s ranch, leaving her family hungry—and desperate enough to cross the border into the forbidden forest to trap wild game. But the forest is infested with tree-scorpions and giant…
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Book Review: A Little Taste of Poison
by R. J. Anderson publisher’s synopsis The city of Tarreton is powered by magic, from simple tablets that light lamps to advanced Sagery that can murder a man from afar. Isaveth has a talent for spell-making, but as a girl from a poor neighborhood she never dreamed she could study at the most exclusive magical…
Hailey Huntington 